The gardens of the World EXPO Hanover on the Kronsberg

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AppreciationGerman Landscape Architecture Award 2001

Jury verdict: The design radiates lightness and cheerfulness. Elegant solutions were found in the details, which pleasantly set the facility apart from the surrounding "effect-hungry" pavilions. The playful and almost ironic gesture underlines this contrast.

The transitions into the adjacent landscape are also well done. Here, the design can not only do justice to nature conservation, but also convey a cheerful image visible from afar with its artificial elements.

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Planning offices

Kamel Louafi, Landschaftsarchitekt, Berlin

Further planners involved
Beteiligte Fachplaner/Firmen
Peter Jockwer (Statik und Ingenieurbauwerke), Meihorst und Partner (Ingenieurbauwerke/Bauleitung Dr. Vogel), Joachim Kudlek (Wassertechnik), Dinnebier/Dirk Mailänder (Lichtplanung), Planungsgruppe Landespflege/Blanke und Drangmeister (Mitarbeit Feuchtgrün

Project period
1999 - 2000

Size
Gärten im Wandel 3,4 ha, ParcAgricole 50 ha, Straßenbepflanzung Pavillongelände Ost 27,5 ha

Client
EXPO 2000 GmbH Hannover, Landeshauptstadt Hannover Grünflächenamt

Address

Hannover

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Prices & Awards
German Landscape Architecture Award 2001
Appreciation

Project type
Garden exhibitions